Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Home Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Suppliers
- British Assessment Bureau Limited, Insight Certification Ltd T/A NSI SME, Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board SME
- Value
- £3 across 3 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Corporate governance rating services (CPV 79212110)
- Official notice
- 068906-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Oct 2025
- Published28 Oct 2025Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The Security Industry Authority is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Home Office. We were created by the Private Security Industry Act 2001; the Act sets out what we can and cannot do. Under the Act we were required to ‘establish a voluntary system of inspection of providers of security services’, in essence private security businesses operating in the UK. This inspection is known as the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS). Organisations seeking approval are required to be delivering private security related services within the sectors that the SIA licence individuals in. Further information can be found here How to become an SIA approved contractor - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). We will be awarding concession contracts to up to 4 UKAS accredited certification bodies to deliver the assessment services for the ACS on behalf of the SIA.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Approved Contractor Scheme Contract | British Assessment Bureau Limited | £1 |
| Approved Contractor Scheme Contract | Insight Certification Ltd T/A NSI SME | £1 |
| Approved Contractor Scheme Contract | Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board SME | £1 |
About the suppliers
British Assessment Bureau Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03325955).
Insight Certification Ltd T/A NSI: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02525516).
Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02508504).